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CONSTITUTION OF LUXEMBOURG

{ Adopted on: 17 Oct 1868 }{ ICL Document Status: 5 Nov 1998 }

{Editor's Note:The original ICL-edition has been amended up to and including the amendments of 12 July 1996 and 12 Jan 1998. The 1998 amendment changed Articles33,73,80,83bis,95bis,95ter, and115. The integrity of this consolidated edition was last checked by Mr. Stephane Jacoby on the Status Date above.}

Source :http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/law/lu00000_.html

Chapter II Luxembourgers and Their Rights

Article 9 [Citizenship, Political Rights](1) The status of Luxembourger shall be acquired, retained, and lost in accordance with the rules determined by civil law.(2) The Constitution and the other laws relating to political rights determine what conditions in addition to this status are necessary for the exercise of these rights.(3) By way of derogation from the preceding paragraph, the law may confer the exercise of political rights to non-Luxembourgers.

Article 10 [Naturalization](1) Naturalization is granted by the legislature.(2) The law determines the effects of naturalization.